---- 125. YOU HAVE ME UNDER YOUR SPELL NYX The fights continued, full of energy, and I got to see firsthand the strength of this continent. The Alpha was challenged by a Centuria she-wolf who kept throwing hostile looks my way. "Well, he''s all yours, fire girl," I scoffed in my mind at her little jealous disy. In the end, she lost to the same male who was still trying to get my attention. I didn''t want to keep giving him false hope, so I avoided him for the rest of the night.


    I joked around with Amber and Vincent, who had changed clothes in a nearby cabin. They were good people, no doubt about that. od As the night went on, it was time for the magical part of the ceremony. The Druid stepped into the center of a circle of runes and began chanting spells, surrounded by those tinum-haired males. Snowy power condensed in the air. Aidan stood in the center too, eyes closed, weaving enchantments. His silver hair lifted as the runes lit up with vibrant glows.


    ---- Whirlwinds of frost rose from the ground, coating everything ina growingyer of ice. The temperature dropped, and snowkes began falling from the night sky. lifted my head, breath fogging from my lips, and stretched out my hand, catching some kes between my fingers, feeling the mncholy in every note of magic. suddenly, gusts of wind whipped through the air above the pack, and a wave of floating lights began to ripple in the sky, like a magical disy of color.Deep howls burst from the wolves'' throats. It was exotic and beautiful, but the most incredible part was a glowing streak that descended from the clouds, like a wolf stepping down on soft white cotton. I felt its intensity, its overwhelming power as it approached, vibrating, reflecting in my eyes It wrapped around me with force, swirling my dress, slipping under my hair like seductive caresses.


    "Little wolf..." I whispered as I watched pure magic take the shape of a wolf''s head right in front of me. It looked like it was made of thousands of snowkes. Its glowing nose touched mine, calling to my elemental magic. Iraised my hand, hypnotized, to touch it. ---- My own energy red gold and ck around me, dancing and vibrating with it. It circled me again like a whirlwind pulling me in, and then it rose back into the sky, letting out a deep howl that echoed through the night.


    I stood there, stunned, hand still raised, heart pounding out of my chest and my breath ragged. What the hell had just happened? T began to hear murmurs, people saying that the prince''s magic had imed me, that it had recognized me in front of everyone... "They whispered that Aidan had found a recement for his dead mate. I panicked, humiliated that this had yed out in public.


    I knew very well Aidan would be furious- I''d understoodst night that only Theo felt the connection to my magical soul I turned and ran from the crowd. I didn''t want to see his eyes, his judgment, maybe even more hatred... "Nyx, wait!" Amber shouted behind me, but I didn''t stop. I turned into mist and fled into the forest surrounding the pack. But the moment my foot hit the grass, a hand closed around my arm. I knew it was him. He had followed me.


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